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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 151. Acquisition; payment
The Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes absolutely and unqualifiedly
relinquish, cede, and convey unto the United States a tract or
tracts of land at and in the vicinity of the village of Sulphur, in
the Chickasaw Nation, of not exceeding six hundred and forty acres,
to be selected, under the direction of the Secretary of the
Interior, and to embrace all the natural springs in and about said
village, and so much of Sulphur Creek, Rock Creek, Buckhorn Creek,
and the lands adjacent to said natural springs and creeks as may be
deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior for the proper
utilization and control of said springs and the waters of said
creeks, which lands shall be so selected as to cause the least
interference with the contemplated town site at that place
consistent with the purposes for which said cession is made. The
ceded lands shall be held, owned, and controlled by the United
States absolutely and without any restriction, save that no part
thereof shall be platted or disposed of for town-site purposes
during the existence of the two tribal governments. There shall be
deposited in the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of
the two tribes, from the unappropriated public moneys of the United
States, $20 per acre for each acre so selected, which shall be in
full compensation for the lands so ceded, and such moneys shall,
upon the dissolution of the tribal governments, be divided per
capita among the members of the tribes, freedmen excepted, as are
other funds of the tribes. Until otherwise provided by law, the
Secretary of the Interior may, under rules prescribed for that
purpose, regulate and control the use of the water of said springs
and creeks and the temporary use and occupation of the lands so
ceded. No person shall occupy any portion of the lands so ceded, or
carry on any business thereon, except as provided in said rules,
and until otherwise provided by Congress the laws of the United
States relating to the introduction, possession, sale, and giving
away of liquors or intoxicants of any kind within the Indian
country or Indian reservations shall be applicable to the lands so
ceded. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or held
to commit the Government of the United States to any expenditure of
money upon said lands or the improvements thereof, except as
provided herein, it being the intention of this provision that in
the future the lands and improvements herein mentioned shall be
conveyed by the United States to such Territorial or State
organization as may exist at the time when such conveyance is made.
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